WAYLAND BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
VIRTUAL CAMPUS
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
SYLLABUS
1. Mission Statement: Wayland Baptist University exists to educate students in an academically challenging,
learning-focused and distinctively Christian environment for professional success and service to God and
humankind.
2. Course: MISM 5341 – VC01, Advanced Computer Networking and Data Management
3. Term: Winter 2015
4. Instructor: Dr. David Unfred
5. Office Phone and Wayland Email Address: 806-742-9535; unfredd@wbu.edu [Preferred contact].
6. Office Hours, Building, and Location: Available through email, phone, Skype: (email to set time)
7. Class Meeting Time and Location: Online
8. Catalog Description: Benefits of using computer networks, technology associated with them, and how to
design, implement, and manage them. Fundamentals of telecommunications, network topologies, network design
strategies, and the implementation of networks into organizations, including a semester project allowing students
to design a network application.
9. Prerequisites: MISM 5306.
10. Required Textbook and Resources:
BOOK
AUTHOR
Data
Communication and
Computer Networks
White
ED YEAR
PUBLISHER
ISBN#
UPDATED
8th 2016
Cengage
Learning
9781305116634
4/13/15
11. Optional Materials:
12. Course Outcome Competencies:
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Understand the fundamental principles of electronic communications
Understand the various protocols used in data communications
Be able to distinguish the differences between various communications media
Know the relative advantages and disadvantages of communication media
Know the different communication and networking models
Be able to setup and maintain networking systems
13. Attendance Requirements: Attendance is defined as active participation in the course. Students who have not
actively participated prior to the census date of a given term will be considered a no-show and will be administratively
withdrawn from the class. This is a participative course. Non-participation on the Discussion Board impacts
assignment grade.
14. Disability Statement: “In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), it is the policy
of Wayland Baptist University that no otherwise qualified person with a disability be excluded from participation
in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any educational program or activity in the
university. The Coordinator of Counseling Services serves as the coordinator of students with a disability and
should be contacted concerning accommodation requests at (806) 291- 3765. Documentation of a disability must
accompany any request for accommodations.”
15. Course Requirements and Grading Criteria:
Students shall have protection through orderly procedures against prejudices or capricious academic
evaluation. A student who believes that he or she has not been held to realistic academic standards, just
evaluation procedures, or appropriate grading, may appeal the final grade given in the course by using the
student grade appeal process described in the Academic Catalog. Appeals may not be made for
advanced placement examinations or course bypass examinations. Appeals are limited to the final course
grade, which may be upheld, raised, or lowered at any stage of the appeal process. Any recommendation
to lower a course grade must be submitted through the Executive Vice President/Provost to the Faculty
Assembly Grade Appeals Committee for review and approval. The Faculty Assembly Grade Appeals
Committee may instruct that the course grade be upheld, raised, or lowered to a more proper evaluation.
The content of this course will be provided from reading the textbook, lecture, case studies, research on the Internet,
and participation in online discussions.
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Discussion Board (20 %). Discussion Board topics assigned on Blackboard. Discussion Board postings will
be docked 15 points for each missed due date AND each additional week..
Project Deliverables (20 %). Projects are applied network management principles. Project Deliverables
assigned on Blackboard. As with Discussion Board topics Project Deliverable will be docked 15 points for
each missed due date AND each additional week.
Mid-Term Exam (25 %). Chapters and discussion thread topics covered up to the Midterm.
Research Paper (10%). Research the trending technologies in networking and projected changes over the
next 10 years. An 8 – 10 page report (double-spaced, 12 point, Times Roman or Arial font, APA format)
should include an analysis of how network management will be impacted by these changes. Cover sheet and
reference page are NOT included in the page count. You can submit your research paper any time before the
deadline.
Final Exam (25 %). The final exam will be comprehensive and over the material covered in the course.
16. Tentative Schedule: (Calendar, Topics, Assignments)
Course begins Monday May 25
Week
Content
Due Dates
Syllabus review. Chapters 1 in
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textbook.
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3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
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Assignments
See due dates below:
View mp4 titled Orientation [in Course
Content – Week 1 Folder]
Discussion Board Assignment # 1 DUE
Project Deliverable # 1
Discussion Board Assignment # 2 DUE
Chapters 2 and 3 in textbook.
Chapter 4 in textbook.
Chapters 5 and 6 in textbook.
Mid-term Exam. Chapters 1 – 6
Chapters 7 and 8.
Project Deliverable # 2
Chapter 9 and 10.
Discussion Board Assignment # 3 DUE
Chapter 11
Project Deliverable # 3
Chapter 12
Discussion Board Assignment # 4 DUE
Chapter 13
Project Deliverable # 4
Final Exam DUE (Online) Chapter 7 – 13
Research Paper DUE (Online)
17. Additional information as desired by the faculty member. May God bless each of you! Wisdom from the Word:
Now we ask you, brothers, to respect those who work hard among you, who are over you in the Lord, and who
admonish you. Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work. Live in peace with each other. And we
urge you, brothers, warn those who are idle, encourage the timid, help the weak, be patient with everyone.
1 Thessalonians 5:12-14.